Ethereum Foundation

Tomasz Stańczak will leave his role as co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation at the end of February 2026 after a one-year tenure. Leadership will transition to Bastian Aue, who will serve alongside Hsiao-Wei Wang.

Vitalik Buterin transferred roughly $29 million in ETH to the Ethereum Foundation amid a crypto market downturn and urged broad network upgrades aimed at improving scalability and security. The move highlights a renewed focus on funding protocol development during a period of market stress.

The Ethereum Foundation has committed $2 million to strengthen the network's core cryptography and is backing a new security effort; developers will hold biweekly sessions on quantum‑resistant transaction design. The move aims to prepare the protocol for future quantum risks and speed coordinated upgrades.

The Ethereum Foundation has proposed the Ethereum Interop Layer (EIL) to reduce fragmentation across Layer 2 networks, aiming to improve cross-rollup communication and lower friction as throughput and adoption climb.